Becoming Il Duce: Mussolini’s Fascist revolution | FULL DOCUMENTARY | EPISODE 1

Becoming Il Duce: Mussolini’s Fascist revolution | FULL DOCUMENTARY | EPISODE 1

In the fall of 1922, former teacher and journalist Benito Mussolini had only recently been elected to parliament when he seized power. His legal coup d’état, which began on 24 October in Naples, was a masterstroke. Standing before 40,000 Fascist party members, he issued an ultimatum to the fragile Italian parliamentary monarchy: “Either they hand us the power, or we will descend on Rome!” The militants, wearing black shirts and armed with clubs, headed for the capital. Following on from this legendary march on Rome, Mussolini headed up a totalitarian regime that lasted two decades.

Credit to : SLICE Ful Documentary

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